MY TRICK FOR DECOYING TURKEYS

[vmartin]

I HAVE HUNTED TURKEYS FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND HAVE ADOPTED A FEW NEW TACTICS. FIRST, BLOW UP DECOYS SHINE IN THE SUN SO THIS IS MOST GENERALY A VERY NEGATIVE DECOY. MOST DECOYS ARE GOOD UNTIL THEY GET DIRT OR DUST ON THEM MAKING THEM UNREALISTIC. MOST WILL SAY THAT IF THE TURKEY IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE THIS THEN HE IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO KILL, I AM NOT TRICKING THE GOBBLER, I AM TRICKING HENS, IT ONLY TAKES ONE TURKEY OUT OF A GROUP TO RUIN A HUNT. MY BEST ADD TO TACTICS IS I TIE A FISHING STRING TO THE FRONT OF THE DECOY, LOOP IT TO A TREE AND THEN TIE IT ON THE TAIL OF THE DECOY, YOU CAN SWING THE DECOY. MOST EDUCATED BIRDS KNOW TO LOOK FOR A DECOY JUST SITTING STILL. ALSO WHEN YOU SWING THE DECOY IN OTHER DIRRECTIONS YOU ARE USING A NEW TACTIC CALLED "BODY LANGUAGE." I USE THE BODY I AM TALKING ABOUT IS FOR INSTANCE SWINGING IT TO FACE THE TOM WHEN HE GOBBLES OR TURN AS IF TO NOT CARE. LASTLY I FILLED MY DECOY WITH NEWSPAPER, AND EPOXY GLUED A THE SKIN OF A HEN OVER MY DECOY, I HAVE NEVER HAD A TURKEY NOT TOTALLY FOOLED SCENCE I DID THIS.

[JNTURK]

great advice .. thanks...i have not done the fishing line..(have been tempted, but more difficult on public land) but the filling the decoy is good stuff. i will try that..